A complete guide to the next Punjab Vidhan Sabha election — when it will be held, all 117 seats, the projected electorate, districts, booths and the parties in the fray — and why Smart Neta's election software is built to win Punjab booth by booth.
The numbers that define the scale of Punjab's next state election. 2027 figures are projected from the 2022 poll; the Election Commission of India will publish the final schedule and rolls before the vote.
The 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022, so its five-year term runs to early 2027. The election is expected to be held as a single phase around February 2027, with the exact dates announced by the ECI closer to the poll.
All 117 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) seats are contested. 34 are reserved for Scheduled Castes — among the highest SC shares of any state. The majority mark is 59 seats.
Punjab had about 2.14 crore electors in 2022. With routine roll revisions and new young voters, the 2027 electorate is projected to cross 2.3 crore across general, women and service voters.
Voting spans all 23 districts — from Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar to Patiala, Bathinda and the newest district, Malerkotla — each with its own caste, agrarian and urban–rural mix.
The 2022 election used roughly 24,700 polling stations. With more electors and ECI norms on station size, 2027 is expected to add booths — the granular unit on which Punjab elections are actually won.
Beneath the Assembly map sit thousands of municipal and panchayat wards. Parties that organise at ward and booth level — not just constituency level — carry the ground game into the Vidhan Sabha vote.
Punjab's 2027 contest pits the incumbent against a crowded field of state and national parties
The incumbent. AAP swept the 2022 election with 92 of 117 seats and governs the state, making 2027 its first re-election test in Punjab.
The principal opposition with deep district organisations and a traditional vote base across Malwa, Majha and Doaba.
Punjab's oldest regional party, rooted in the Panthic vote and rural Sikh constituencies, seeking to rebuild its base.
Contesting on an expanded footprint, strongest in urban and Hindu-majority seats and growing its rural outreach.
A meaningful force given Punjab's large Scheduled Caste electorate, often decisive in reserved and Doaba seats.
Smaller Panthic, farmer and local parties plus independents can swing tight three- and four-cornered booth-level battles.
A four- and five-cornered contest across 117 seats and 2.3 crore voters is won on the ground — exactly what Smart Neta is built to run
Karyakartas canvass, register members and file reports in their own language. Multi-language interfaces and push notifications mean field teams across all 23 districts adopt the app fast.
Punjab is won booth by booth. Assign workers, track progress and read sentiment across ~24,700 booths and 117 constituencies, laddering effort up from the ward to the seat.
Explore the canvassing app →With 34 SC-reserved seats and a large Dalit electorate, micro-targeting decides seats. Smart Neta's Election Intelligence platform delivers real-time voter intelligence with geo-tracked voter party preference — mapping community, issue and turnout dynamics constituency by constituency.
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Explore the command centre →Run OTP-verified party enrolment, build a geo-mapped worker network, then convert it into election-day get-out-the-vote across every booth in the state.
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Common questions about the next Punjab Vidhan Sabha election
The 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022, so its five-year term runs until early 2027. The next Punjab Assembly Election is expected to be held around February 2027, with the exact schedule announced by the Election Commission of India closer to the date.
The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) has 117 seats, of which 34 are reserved for Scheduled Castes. A party or coalition needs 59 seats for a majority, and all 117 constituencies vote in a single phase.
Punjab had about 2.14 crore electors and roughly 24,700 polling stations in 2022. With routine roll revisions, the 2027 electorate is projected to cross 2.3 crore voters across 23 districts and tens of thousands of booths. Final figures will be published by the Election Commission of India before the poll.
The main contenders are the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, the incumbent), the Indian National Congress (INC), the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), alongside regional parties and independents.
Smart Neta is battle-tested election management software that works at booth level in Punjabi (Gurmukhi). It offers a door-to-door canvassing app, party membership drives, booth management across all 117 constituencies, caste and reserved-seat voter intelligence, and a real-time war room — exactly the toolkit a party needs to organise 23 districts and over 2.3 crore voters.
Give your Punjab campaign the technology edge — voter intelligence, a Punjabi canvassing app, membership drives, booth management and a real-time war room in one patented platform.